Player & Facility Grants
Player & Facility Grants
We’re Here for You!
USTA Southern California is committed to growing the game by offering grants for players and facilities. Our player grants provide financial assistance to support junior players in training, competition, and development. Facility grants help improve local courts, enhance programs, and expand access to the sport. Whether you’re an aspiring player or a community looking to grow tennis, we’re here to help!
We’re Here for You!
USTA Southern California is committed to growing the game by offering grants for players and facilities. Our player grants provide financial assistance to support junior players in training, competition, and development.
Facility grants help improve local courts, enhance programs, and expand access to the sport. Whether you’re an aspiring player or a community looking to grow tennis, we’re here to help!
Community Tennis Grants
Community Tennis Program Grants support organizations and providers who are bringing tennis to communities in myriad and impactful ways. Historically, these grants (formerly the CTA Partnership Grants) have only been awarded to NJTLs or Community Tennis Associations, but USTA Southern California has expanded grant candidates to include schools, youth organizations, parks and recreation centers, and community providers.
Applicants must have a current USTA organizational membership, a broad base of community support, and an innovative program that is reaching a location or demographic whose needs are not currently being met by USTA Southern California. Any organization working with youth must be USTA Safe Play Approved (including ALL staff, board members, and volunteers).
Community Tennis grants focus primarily on programs and equipment. They do not cover such things as travel expenses, administrative salaries, capital projects, scholarships, or any other type of pass-through funding.
Grants vary widely depending on the scope of the program, but typical grants range from $2,000–$5,000.
Anyone interested in applying should reach out to Director of Community Tennis Esther Hendershott at ehendershott@scta.usta.com.
Riviera Foundation Junior Tournament Entry Fee Assistance
USTA Southern California receives a grant from the Riviera Foundation to assist players that need help paying for entry fees. Please email Ai Takamori at takamori@scta.usta.com and we’ll try to help you!
PLEASE NOTE: The player must be free of suspension points and grievances to receive assistance.
Kramer Future Champions Scholarship
Awarded by the Southern California Tennis Association Foundation, this grant supports junior tennis players between the ages of 8-18 who aspire to play collegiate or professional tennis, show significant promise, and demonstrate financial need to compete in sectional or national tournaments.
– Size: Up to $1,200
– Use of Funds: Tournament fees, travel expenses, and equipment.
– Application Dates: February 1-28, June 1-30, October 1-31
– Notification: Within 30 days of close date
Please make sure to read the guidelines and requirements before applying.
After reading the funding guidelines and requirements, if you feel you qualify for a grant, you can submit an online application.
Talbert Summer Camp Grants
This grant supports junior tennis players in Southern California between the ages of 8-16 who demonstrate a commitment to improving their tennis, but whose families lack the resources to cover the fees and tuition cost for one week summer tennis camp.
– Amount: Up to $800
– Use of funds: To cover the cost of camp fees and tuition
– Application deadline: Submit between March 15 to April 15
– Notification: No later than May 10
Guidelines and Requirements (read before applying)
Application (read before applying)
After reading the funding guidelines and requirements, if you feel you qualify for a grant, you can submit an online application.
Emerging AAPI Leaders Mentorship
The Asian American Pacific Islander Tennis Association (AAPITA) is supporting an Emerging AAPI Leaders mentorship program for AAPI junior players. Each mentee will be paired with a mentor that is a former AAPI professional tennis player for six weeks, culminating with the USTA Clay Court National Championships (July 5-13).
Mentors and mentees (along with their parent/guardian) will meet virtually for one onboarding/introductory call and then weekly for six 45 minute sessions to discuss topics that fit the mentees’ needs, such as tennis strategy, practice and match preparation, periodization, goal setting, role of fitness/conditioning/recovery, mental preparation, sportsmanship, building your tennis identity, and navigating the tennis ecosystem as an AAPI player. A parent or guardian will be required to be present for all meetings with the mentors.
The mentorship program includes a $1,250 travel stipend for the mentee to travel to the Clay Court National Championships tournament.
The next cohort will begin June 2 and end July 13, 2025, culminating at the Clay Court National Championships. Each mentorship program’s final week will be the week of a Level 1 USTA National Championships event. This will allow our mentors to be able to work with mentees through a periodized time frame, pre tournament/building phase, pre tournament/preparation phase, and during competition phase.
> TIMELINE
– April 7-May 4: Applications Open (4 weeks)
– May 5-May 18: Selection Committee selects two mentees (2 weeks)
– May 19: Mentee selections announced, mentor and mentees introduced (2 weeks)
– June 2-July 13: Program duration (6 weeks)
– July 13-20: Feedback Survey (1 week)
> MENTEE ELIGIBILITY
– Must be competing in the 14 and Under category for the duration of the program
– Player must be ranked top 200 nationally in the 14 and Under category and planning to compete in the Clay Court National Championships
– Must have a current valid U.S. passport or U.S proof of citizenship
– Must have lived in the U.S. for 24 consecutive months prior to application close date
– Must sign AAPITA General Waiver Language (02.12.25).docx (parent/guardian to sign page 2)
> MENTOR ELIGIBILITY
– Must have competed on the ATP or WTA Tour and achieved a ranking of Top 150 in singles or Top 50 in doubles
– Mentor must be SafePlay approved
